The Patient

TV Show • 2022 • Drama  

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A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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S1
 E9
not explicitly by that word.. however, the following scene and dialogue would definitely be triggering to those who are sensitive to mentions so I strongly recommend skipping this scene. it’s at the end of the episode.

TW: at one point a character brings out a laptop and plays a (real) interview clip of a real life serial killer. it’s not an actor for this fictional series, it’s real. in the interview he says that he killed his mother and “humiliated her corpse.” then (serious trigger warning for the next line, do not read if you’re sensitive to this topic) the fictional character says in very rough language that the serial killer postmortem r*ed his mother’s head.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there body horror?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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twitchywitchygirl
sam was physically abused by his father throughout his childhood; it is brought up often
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E1: patient mentions that father hit him all the time growing up.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Sam's father beat him when he was a kid. Adult Sam decides the best way to deal with his trauma is to kill his dad. He draws inspiration from real-life serial killer Ed Kemper, who killed his abusive mother. An interview of Kemper is shown where he discusses murdering his mom, so there's that, too.
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Is someone stalked?
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Various people are stalked by a serial killer. The killer generally follows and abducts people he feels have "wronged" him.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there spiders?
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Assault
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Chained to bed
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S1 E9 kemper serial killer talks about how he killed his mother and “f***ed her skull”
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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BeauregardFuru
I wouldn’t call it excessive but Alan does fantasise about stabbing Sam a few times and there is a fair amount of blood spray. In episode 7 I think, the fantasies escalate to include Sam getting shot in the head by the police. It happens very suddenly with not much warning and is pretty graphic.
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Episode 5 spoiler—— at the end of the episode a character is choked
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there amputation?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Several characters are choked by a serial killer
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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First episode
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Does a parent die?
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Therapist’s wife died
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Fear
Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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From my perspective the main character has memory sequences and PTSD/grief related visions but not ghosts in the supernatural sense of apparitions.
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Is someone possessed?
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twitchywitchygirl
quick flashes to alan thinking of breaking a ceramic vase and stabbing sam in the neck with it, happened in ep 2 and 3; not a jumpscare in the traditional sense, but i was startled by it
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Does someone vomit?
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nunyabiz
So far the entire show is safe 1-6. Episode 7 is also safe. Episode 9 is also safe, and the best episode thus far.
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Several prolonged peeing scenes heard from outside the bathroom
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Alan's wife has cancer and does die from it.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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twitchywitchygirl
plot of the show
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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A character is restrained in a room with bound hands and duct tape around his eyes.
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twitchywitchygirl
alan panics when he wakes up and realizes he was kidnapped
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Anonymous
Loud chewing in the beginning of episode 4
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Newborn with disfigured face in first episode
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Mommagranate
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Holocaust imagery used to convey generational/community trauma inside the mind of a Jewish man. Put here because I'm sure it is triggering but idk if there's a better category at the moment
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White character is first killed on screen. Several people of unknown race were previously killed by a serial killer
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
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There is one moment where Sam briefly looks at pornographic pics on his computer
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Scene of an porn site in 1x5
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Kind of.
In episode 5 there is an porn website.

It's the only scene in season 1.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Pantalones
Very. A main character dies and there's basically no justice for anyone.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Season 1 Episode 2, 7 minutes in. Alan imagines breaking a pot and stabbing Sam with it, briefly.

Season 1 Episode 3, 5:57 Alan imagines stabbing Sam with the pot again.
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Does someone drown?
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Alan imagines a SWAT team shooting Sam to rescue him
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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